SMOS: ESA's water mission

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Conference object , Article 01 Jan 2009 Spain English Publisher:Universidad Politécnica de CataluñaJournal:Instrumentation viewpoint

Authors: Font, Jordi; Torres Torres, Francisco;

handle: 10261/75076 , 2099/8631

SMOS: ESA's water mission

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ESA’s Water Mission, otherwise known as the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Mission (SMOS) was selected as the second Earth Explorer opportunity mission to be implemented and is expected for launch in July 2009. SMOS single payload, an interferometric microwave radiometer, shall provide global observations of soil moisture and ocean salinity to improve our understanding of the Earth’s hydrological cycle. [...]

Martech 2009 Third Marine Technology Workshop, 19-20 november 2009, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona.-- 1 page

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:Enginyeria electrònica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica

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